The bionic adaptive gripper, on the other hand, is light and flexible. It consists of a pneumatic actuator in the form of a bellows and three gripper fingers arranged in the Fin Ray pattern of the ...

ABB Robotics and PSYONIC explore using real human prosthetic touch data to train industrial robots for delicate gripping ...

Germany-based automation company Festo is making bionic ants. These are artificial ant units that move together under clear rules. They are showing off their cooperative behavior for doing tasks and ...

Designing a robot that can convincingly move like a member of the animal kingdom is a much more difficult prospect than merely building something that has the outward appearance of one. Some of the ...

So it's interesting to see that the next steps in the evolution of pick-and-place robotics are beginning to roll out. One such introduction comes from Festo, which has released its adaptive gripper ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A San Diego-based bionic company has unveiled a new prosthetic hand that doesn't just grip, but feels as well. The company’s ...

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